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U. C. Batavyal— Copper-plate Grant of Dharmapala. [No. 1, 
The grantor of land enjoys happiness in heaven for sixty-thousand 
years: the robber of land, and he who assents to the robbery, go to hell 
for the same period. 
Whoever robs lands granted by himself or by another rots as a 
worm in hell with his ancestors. Wherefore, let no man who under¬ 
stands all this destroy the reputation of others who grant lands, after 
pondering that life and prosperity are unstable like the drop of water 
on a lotus leaf. 
Prosperity is like the flash of lightning ; this body of ours is like 
the flame of a lamp. Life is hedged in by sorrow. Those who destroy 
the good deeds of others, reap nothing but bad repute; while the 
fame of those who maintain them is lasting as the sun and the moon. 
But what use of quoting texts P In this matter kings will do what 
appears to them best after reflection. 
In the prosperous and victorious reign, year 32 ; days of Marga, 12. 
This plate has been engraved by the skilful Tatata, son of Subhata, 
grandson of Bhogata. 1 
1 In translating the text, where it refers to the grantee, I hare assumed 
Bhatta and Bhattaraka to be the same.—As regards the country of Lata, it is 
interesting to note—that it is referred to in the Mandasdr Inscription of Kumara 
Gupta and Bandhuvarman (Indian Antiquary, Yol. XX, p. 196). There we are 
told that the famous guild of silk-weavers who built the temple of the Sun at 
Dagapura originally came from the province of Lata, which is described in these 
words :— 
oTJif?T u 
3 rn: 
wurar: I) 
This description seems to be applicable to Kannauj. Hiuen Tsiang saw a large 
temple of the Sun, built of blue stone, in Kannauj, on the bank of the Ganges, and it 
was probably in imitation of the same that the Lata weavers built the temple of the 
Sun at Dagapura. 
